Water supply and sanitation in the Philippines

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!align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"|Data
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!align="left" valign="top"|Water coverage (broad definition)
|valign="top"| 85%
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!align="left" valign="top"|Sanitation coverage (broad definition)
|valign="top"| 72%
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!align="left" valign="top"|Continuity of supply (%)
|valign="top"| Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

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United States dollar

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0.33 (East Zone), US$0.46 (West Zone)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Share of household metering
|valign="top"| common in urban areas
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!align="left" valign="top"|Annual investment in WSS
|valign="top"| US$0.97 per capita (average 1983–2003)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Share of self-financing by utilities
|valign="top"| Low
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!align="left" valign="top"|Share of tax-financing
|valign="top"| n/a
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!align="left" valign="top"|Share of external financing
|valign="top"| n/a
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!align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" colspan="3"|Institutions
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!align="left" valign="top"|Decentralization to municipalities
|valign="top"| Yes, since 1971
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!align="left" valign="top"|National water and sanitation company
|valign="top"| No
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!align="left" valign="top"|Water and sanitation regulator
|valign="top"| For public supply: National Water Resources Board (NWRB)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Responsibility for policy setting
|valign="top"| Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Sector law
|valign="top"| No
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!align="left" valign="top"|Number of urban service providers
|valign="top"| About 1,500
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!align="left" valign="top"|Number of rural service providers
|valign="top"| Thousands
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In the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, coverage and quality of water supply

Water supply

Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavours or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes...

and sanitation

Sanitation

Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes. Hazards can be either physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of disease. Wastes that can cause health problems are human and animal feces, solid wastes, domestic...

suffer from low investment

Investment

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rates, many small supply systems, a fragmented sector structure, and increasing pollution

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

of water resources

Water resources

Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water....

.

Tariff

Tariff

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s are mostly too low to recover costs, resulting in poor utility

Public utility

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performance.